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    Is natural hatching asynchrony optimal? An experimental investigation of sibling competition patterns in a facultatively siblicidal seabird

    In unpredictable environments, any tactic that enables avian parents to adjust brood size and, thus, energy expenditure to environmental conditions should be favoured. Hatching asynchrony (HA), which occurs wh...

    Thomas Merkling, Lena Agdere, Elise Albert in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2014)